(idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea. / A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.

(slang) To dupe or con.

the laughing falcon

(informal) A hidden enemy.

(gambling, dice games, idiomatic) two ones, after rolling two dice.

A children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.

Over 65 recognized species of New World coral snakes in three genera (Leptomicrurus, Micruroides, Micrurus), native to tropical South America and Southern USA, having bright bands of red, yellow and black.

Any of various species of nonvenomous snakes of the genus Thamnophis, native to America, with longitudinal stripes.

A nonvenomous snake, Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar. / The smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis / The rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus

A nonvenomous snake, Coronella austriaca, native to Eurasia.